Railway



2 SHEETS-SHEETL RAILWAY. APPLICATION FILED ma. 2'4, 1921- ]Pammed y 239 11.922

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luWgn/Imnto I PEYTON L. MATHEWS, OF BATON ROUGE, LOUSIANA.

RAILWAY.

Minoes.

To @ZZ 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, PEYTON L. MATHEWS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baton Rouge, in the parish of East Baton Rouge and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Railway, o'l' which the tollowing is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to railways, one ot its objects being to provide a track which will hold the rolling stock kpositively in proper position so that the same cannot leave the track when traveling at any speed.

A further object is to provide a motor ifor use in, connection with the track and which is designed to engage a third rail for the purpose of propelling),` the rolling stock, thus eliminating any` interference that `might occur between the special track structure and the driving mechanism ordinarily found upon locomotives and `other motor cars.

With the foregoing` and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details ot construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment ol? the invention shown can bemade without (ileparting` from the spirit ci the invention. i

lin the accompanying drawings the preierred torni oll the invention has been shown.

ln said drawings l Fig-ure 'l is a side elevation ot the structure wconstituting` the present invention, a portion ot the locomotive being indicated by dotted lines and part of the track being broken away. l

Figure 2 is a horizontal section showing a portion of the drive mechanism of the locomotive and showing the track in plan.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on line 3--3 Figure l. v

Referring to the figures by characters of reference `l designates the ordinary railroad track and along the sides of this track aty desired intervals are erected standards 2 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 24, 1921.

Patented llllay 23, i922.

Serial No. 447,530.'

which support guard rails 3. These rails 8 are directly over the rails l and are spaced therefrom a distance slightly `greater than the diameter of the car wheels 4- which are mounted on the rails 1. These guard rails extend throughout the length of the track except at crossings where they are eliminated so as to allow vehicles and pedestrians to `cross the track readily. i

The motor vehicle adapted to travel on the track can be otiany desired type such as a steam. locomotive, an electric locomotive, a gasoline propelled vehicle, or the like.

In. every instance, however, the vehicles, one o'l which has been indicated at 5. are

provided with one or more central driving` wheels 6 which, in the present instance, are propelled by steam operated mechanism indicated generally at 7. These wheels 6 are arranged above the center of the track and bear upon. a third rail 8 which is between the .rails l and in the sameplane therewith. The motor vehicle 5 is provided with supporting wheels 4l vof such diameter as to travel readily on the rails il and below the rails 3 so that they will thus be held to the track no mattei' at what speed the vehicle may be traveling.

What claimed is:

The combination with track rails and a third rail therebetweeinoi guard rails above and parallel with the track rails, a motor vehicle having' wheels mounted on the track rails and extending: under and retained by Athe guard rails, said wheels supporting,- a portion of the weight oli the veliiele, and beingI flanged, and a flangeless power driven.

PEYTUN L. lilATHElVS. lllitnesses F RANK Cnnnn, C. E. JONES. 

